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Friday, August 16, 2013

kitten ride

thanks wikipaintings.org. public domain

That is one of the things I regret about long sweeping dresses being out of fashion: no kitten rides. This is a joyful work of around 1885 by the Belgian Neo-Impressionist Theo van Rysselberghe, Woman in a Green Dress (teal maybe? it doesn't look that green here). And the kitten makes the piece, of course. Van Ryssleberghe's portraits are mostly introspective and intense, though beautiful, so I wonder if that's who this woman was through and through - a creature of delight and smiles.